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Art Held Hostage
John Anderson
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Description for Art Held Hostage
Paperback. "Money, pretension, horrid behavior by cultured people" (New York) -John Anderson's tale delivers it all in fabulously juicy detail. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: ACB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
This is the story of how a fabled art foundation—the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, and 44 Picassos, among many priceless others—came to be, and how more than a decade of legal squabbling brought it to the brink of collapse and to a move that many believe betrayed the wishes of the founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1872—1951). Art Held Hostage is now updated with a new epilogue by the author covering the current state of this international treasure and the endless battle over its fate.
This is the story of how a fabled art foundation—the greatest collection of impressionist and postimpressionist art in America, including 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, and 44 Picassos, among many priceless others—came to be, and how more than a decade of legal squabbling brought it to the brink of collapse and to a move that many believe betrayed the wishes of the founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1872—1951). Art Held Hostage is now updated with a new epilogue by the author covering the current state of this international treasure and the endless battle over its fate.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393347319
SKU
V9780393347319
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About John Anderson
John Anderson is the author of three works of nonfiction, including Burning Down the House, which won the Myers Award for outstanding book on race relations in America. He lives in Ossining, New York.
Reviews for Art Held Hostage
"Excellent...A substantial work of reporting and historical research."
Philip Kennicott "A morality play masquerading as a legal thriller tells us what went wrong [at the Barnes]." "A chronicle of chaos, [containing] one mind-boggling revelation after another."
Philip Kennicott "A morality play masquerading as a legal thriller tells us what went wrong [at the Barnes]." "A chronicle of chaos, [containing] one mind-boggling revelation after another."